ByteDance’s TikTok Names Former U.S. Defense Staff as Security Head

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ByteDance’s social media app TikTok has announced that it has hired cyber security executive and former U.S. defense staff Roland Cloutier as its newly created chief information security officer. The announcement comes as the company wrestles with U.S. concerns over its handling of private user data. Read More

Headlines from China: Cinemas to be Consolidated in Shanghai and Surrounding Regions 

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Shanghai Film Co.,Shanghai Film Group and Shanghai Jingwen Investment jointly found a holding company to consolidate movie theaters in Shanghai and surrounding regions through M&A and investments. Read More

CFI Q&A: Filmmaker Emily Ting on “Go Back to China”

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The boldly titled “Go Back to China,” which opened in theaters on March 6, is the second feature by writer and director Emily Ting. The comedic story, about a spoiled Los Angeles party girl who is forced back to Shenzhen to work at her father’s toy factory after he cuts off her funds, was inspired Read More

Headlines from China: Huanxi Media Now Has 2 Million Paying Subscribers Thanks to ‘Lost in Russia’

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Chinese entertainment group Huanxi Media released a statement on March 5, saying that the company's streaming platform Huanxi Premium had a total of over 13 million active users between January and February this year. Read More

March Screenings of Chinese-Language Films in NYC and Los Angeles

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Highlights of the month: Diao Yinan's stylish neo-noir 'The Wild Goose Lake,' fresh voices from New Directors/New Films Festival, and 1931's classic 'Love and Duty' starring legendary actress Ruan Lingyu. (Special mention: an advance screening of 'Mulan' in NYC.) Read More

Headlines from China: Nearly 8,000 Performing Arts Events in March Were Cancelled in China

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Nearly 8,000 live-performance events across China have been canceled in March due to the coronavirus outbreak Read More

Film Review: The Wild Goose Lake

 /  Film Review  / 
In The Wild Goose Lake, director Diao Yinan maintains the tense nocturnal atmospherics of his crime thriller Black Coal Thin Ice. He may swap out a biting North Chinese winter for the lush environs of a rain-soaked town in Wuhan’s hinterlands, but all the hallmarks of a neo-noir remain. The Wild Goose Lake” opens in New York on Friday, March 6 at Film Forum. Read More

Headlines from China: Er Dong Pictures to Launch IPO in Hong Kong

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Founded by Chen Shuogang and Yang Fan in 2015, the company is known for its investments in several Chinese blockbusters such as My People My Country, Operations Red Sea, and Ip Man 4. Read More

Fan-Fiction Site Blocked in China After Celeb’s Stans Complain

 /  Chinasplaining  / 
Fans of Chinese actor Xiao Zhan had mobilized to protest their idol being portrayed as a woman with a thing for teens on the popular content-hosting platform Archive of Our Own, leading to the site being blacklisted in China. Read More

Headlines from China: When Will Chinese Cinemas Open Again?

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This week, a wide range of industries in China from hotels and restaurants to retail businesses have resumed operations. This makes many in the film industry ask this question again: when will Chinese cinemas reopen? Read More

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